Industry Contacts Quotes

For example, for me, my brother helped me get a manager, which I don't take for granted. It's tough getting a manager, let alone one that actually cares about you and is smart. But from there, no one's going to cast me just because I'm James Franco's little brother.

Having a good network can be invaluable. It opens doors for you and allows you to enter into opportunities that are beneficial to your business.

I don't know a lot of agents like Al Hack.

I meet with people in the industry on an ongoing basis.

I know a lot of times you don't even get the opportunity to audition for people you really want to work with because there is a business angle involved.

The absolute base-level thing that you do as a new screenwriter is send out query letters. Literally, you just say, 'Hi, Mr. So-and-So,' and you give them a one-sentence description of one of your scripts. You send it out to a list of people you found on the Internet.

I certainly think it's important to build relationships with movers and shakers in the fashion industry.

Well I don't know because I don't have a real relationship with the industry.

You knew everybody at all the studios and you saw them often.

Coming from the industry and maintaining contacts with producers and directors, I am very well aware that costs associated with movie production are a major factor in determining where films get made.

I don't have many friends in the industry.

Networking is the No. 1 unwritten rule of success in business.

Usually you read a script and you know somebody who knows somebody who maybe knew that person or met them once.

I've learned, like with anything else, business is only as good as your connections and your resources. And some of the resources that I have are the fact that I work with huge artists.